In 2023, we committed to following Jesus’s teachings on character building from the Gospels in the Christian Bible. Through our unwavering dedication to this upstanding endeavor, we explored and ...

Mackenzie Boehme is a second-grader at Westfield Elementary School in Porterville and the Character Counts! winner for Trustworthiness. She shows her classmates that making mistakes is OK and that ...

Viviana Sanchez is a fourth-grader at Pixley Elementary School and is the Character Counts winner for Fairness. Viviana was able to take a problem to the principal and communicate in a respectful ...

In these challenging times, the significance of having good friends cannot be overstated. As someone who values meaningful relationships, I am deeply grateful for my friend John Waters, who holds a ...

Comment: Nominator Mike Roberts says, “While Haylee’s attitude, behavior, and character make her an excellent candidate for any of the Pillars of Character, I chose to nominate Haylee for the Pillar ...

We'd probably all agree that it's important to teach our kids that character is important. Thing is, we'd probably also agree that our generation hasn't been exhibiting a whole lot of it ourselves of ...